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Why the humanities matter a commonsense approach
Title
Why the humanities matter [electronic resource] : a commonsense approach / Frederick Luis Aldama.
ISBN
9780292717985 (cl. : alk. paper)
0292717989 (cl. : alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xiv, 377 p. ; 24 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 03, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-348) and index.
Contents
Introduction: a new humanism
Self, identity, and ideas
Revisiting Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault
Derrida gets medieval
Imaginary empires, real nations
Edward Said spaced out
Modernity, what?
Teachers, scholars, and the humanities today
Translation matters
Can music resist?
The "cultural studies turn" in Brown studies
Pulling up stakes in Latin/o American theoretical claims
Fugitive thoughts on justice and happiness
Why literature matters
Interpretation, interdisciplinarity, and the people.
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